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What could be easier on the DM than to use the spells already in the book! For me, it’s never an enjoyable experience. D&D has a magic system that’s been honed, scrubbed, and polished over many iterations. If you’re reading this, you already know that D&D leans strongly towards the latter. As I’ve broadened my gaming palate, I’ve realized that trad fantasy games handle casters in one of two ways: either they’re built like monsters, with abilities that create “spell effects,” or they’re built just like PCs. I love it that the Assassin has Damage Resistance to poison.

I suppose the Druid and Scout are lower-powered because they’re likely to be party allies don’t want to overshadow the PCs! In general potential threats are much tougher. You expect a Commoner to be CR 0, but other choices seem arbitrary. The strangest thing about Appendix B is the wildly different NPC power levels. A lifeline thrown to the DM who realizes the party desperately needs to hire a Scout to get out to that ruin. This is every bit the funny little section at the back of the book.

At least you can always fall back on my suggestions. It’s what you’d expect to find, but Appendix A could have used some of that same guidance for the creature write-ups. It’s solid advice about swapping spells, equipment, etc.

It’s where my son Xander and I read every single world of the D&D Monster Manual together…Īs my wife wraps up a Zoom meeting in Xander’s bedroom, and Xan FaceTimes with my sister in the kitchen, I size up the last section of the Monster Manual.Īppendix B starts with tips for how to customize your NPCs. Thanks once again for visiting my weekly feature, Irreverent Reading.